“They have a couple of big ball-carriers in Tuilagi and Faletau who were impressive against the Blues,” said Bishop.

“Tuilagi is very destructive in the midfield and the Blues struggled to cope with him at times. He is a massive attacking weapon for them and my defence will have to stand firm.

“Personally things went quite well against Manu Tuilagi when we played Leicester, I would rather play against someone who runs hard and straight rather than a side-stepping centre.

“We will have to keep an eye on them but our defence against the Scarlets was superb. If we can keep that up hopefully we will be Ok.”

Bishop and the rest of the Ospreys backs are currently benefiting from playing behind a dominant forward unit who outpowered their Scarlets opponents.

“It is great to play behind that pack,” said Bishop.

“The forwards are doing a great job and they give us such a good platform.”

Ospreys outside-half Dan Biggar is also revelling and Bishop believes he should be given a Six Nations chance by Wales following an Achilles injury to Rhys Priestland.

“I would give Dan a chance,” admitted Bishop.

“His performances week in week out are excellent.

“People forget how young he is sometimes. He has such an old head on young shoulders and playing outside him is excellent.”

And Samoan scrum-half Kahn Fotuali’i, who has taken over the Ospreys captaincy from the injured Alun Wyn Jones, is providing the X-factor in his new role as captain. Fotuali’i, who is out of contract at the end of the season, was again exceptional in the 32-3 drubbing of the Scarlets.

“He is one of the best scrum-halves I have seen,” added Bishop.

“Coming over to Wales last season he had to find his feet a little bit.

“But at the end of last season and this season he has been so good for us.

“He is captain at the moment and has the respect of all the boys. When he speaks we listen and he leads by example.

“He is so physical on the field that the boys just want to follow him and he grabs games by the scruff of the neck.”

Bishop retains his own international ambitions despite falling out of favour with Warren Gatland and Rob Howley, watching Ospreys team-mate Ashley Beck, Scarlets duo Scott Williams and Jonathan Davies and Jamie Roberts soar above him in the Wales pecking order.

“I would love to get back into the Welsh squad,” said Bishop, who won the last of his 16 caps against the Barbarians last June.

“First and foremost I have a job to do here at the Ospreys and we have a couple of big games coming up.

“I was quite happy with my display against the Scarlets.

“This is a great place to be involved and there is so much confidence at the moment. To beat Toulouse at home and to follow that with the Scarlets win was amazing.

“All the boys love being together and hopefully we can keep the squad together and who knows what can happen in the future.”

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